Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: OOM-killer too aggressive? | From | Chris Largret <> | Date | Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:00:21 -0800 |
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On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 13:31 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Sorry, this didn't help on my machine. I am running that latest kernel > > pre-patch (2.6.16-rc4) for testing right now and had to modify the > > offsets a little. If there's any output that would help, please let me > > know. > > hm, OK. I suppose we can hit it with the big hammer, but I'd be reluctant > to merge this patch because it has the potential to hide problems, such as > the as-yet-unfixed bio-uses-ZONE_DMA one. > > --- devel/mm/page_alloc.c~a 2006-02-26 13:26:56.000000000 -0800 > +++ devel-akpm/mm/page_alloc.c 2006-02-26 13:28:58.000000000 -0800 > @@ -1003,7 +1003,8 @@ rebalance:
I reversed the previous patch before applying this one. If they were supposed to be used together, let me know.
>From the initial results it looks like the OOM Killer is not being used now, Unfortunately I can't check with dmesg because right after login is initiated (but before I get a chance to type anything) there is a "Kernel BUG" message. This is all that is is printed when a serial console is in use. If you need the rest of the information, let me know and I'll see about typing it up.
----------- [cut here ] --------- [please bite here ] --------- Kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c:352 invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP CPU 1 Modules linked in: snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss md5 ipv6 ipt_recent ipt_REJECT xt_state xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc uhci_hcd r8169 ohci1394 ieee1394 emu10k1_gp gameport snd_emu10k1 snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_seq_device snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_util_mem snd_hwdep snd tda9887 tuner cx8800 cx88xx video_buf ir_common tveeprom compat_ioctl32 v4l1_compat v4l2_common btcx_risc videodev forcedeth usblp ohci_hcd i2c_nforce2 ehci_hc
-- Chris Largret <http://daga.dyndns.org>
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